NBLSA Promotes Community Service with its Week of Service and Founder's Day of Service Initiatives

Oct. 19, 2010 - PRLog -- Washington, DC (October 14, 2010) – Community service is a very important aspect of the National Black Law Students Association’s (NBLSA) mission. NBLSA is committed to empowering its communities and this significant duty is commemorated every year with the organization’s Week of Service and Founder’s Day of Service initiatives.

These initiatives give NBLSA members a collective opportunity to make various contributions to their individual communities and the nation as a whole. In honor of the Week of Service initiative, local NBLSA chapters create community service programming that addresses the specific concerns of their communities, and relates to at least one of the organization’s national and regional service platforms. In honor of NBLSA’s visionary founder, Algernon Johnson (“AJ”) Cooper, each local chapter hosts a specific Founder’s Day of Service event that is attended by a significant number of members and promotes NBLSA’s tradition of community service.

Each of these initiatives serve to preserve the NBLSA mission of instilling in the Black attorney and law student a greater awareness and commitment to the needs of the Black community. The initiatives also spark the realization of an individual’s greater purpose in society, and highlight that purpose as a fundamental building block to the ultimate success and prosperity of a community. The current change in the economic climate has immensely impacted the need for public service. Increasingly, more communities are seeking the support of service organizations. The nation’s spirit of volunteerism is being tested now more than ever, and for many communities this spirit is the last resort. NBLSA vows to continue to work hard to ensure that even with the increased demand, its spirit of service and empowerment remains strong. For additional information on NBLSA community service initiatives and opportunities, please visit www.nblsa.org.

Press Contact:
Erica Washington
National Director of Public Relations
The National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA)
publicrelations@nblsa.org

About The National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA):
Founded in 1968, the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) is a national, non-profit organization created and designed to articulate and promote the professional needs and goals of Black law students; foster and encourage professional competence; focus upon the relationship of the Black attorney to the American legal system; instill in the Black attorney and law student a greater awareness of and commitment to the needs of the Black community; utilize member expertise to initiate a change within the legal system that will make it more responsive to the needs and concerns of the Black community; and do any and all things necessary and lawful in order to accomplish these goals.

NBLSA is the largest student-run organization in America and has approximately 200 chapters at law schools throughout the country. This represents almost every ABA accredited law school, plus several non-accredited law schools. These chapters represent nearly 6,000 Black law students in six regions that encompass 48 states including Hawaii and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Recently, NBLSA has established an international connection with Black law students in Canada, England, South Africa, and the Bahamas who have decided to model their student organizations after NBLSA.

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Founded in 1968, the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) is a national, non-profit organization created and designed to articulate and promote the professional needs and goals of Black law students.